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Altman said no to military AI abuses – then signed Pentagon deal anyway 2026-03-06 at 11:32 By Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols OpenAI CEO’s principles lasted about 12 hours before $200M check arrived Opinion  A week ago today, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said he’d draw the same lines as Anthropic. By that night, he’d signed a Department […]

World Cup Safety and Security Is About More than Just Crime 2026-03-06 at 11:32 By The 2026 World Cup tests every framework of public safety. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

China-Linked Hackers Use TernDoor, PeerTime, BruteEntry in South American Telecom Attacks 2026-03-06 at 11:32 By A China-linked advanced persistent threat (APT) actor has been targeting critical telecommunications infrastructure in South America since 2024, targeting Windows and Linux systems and edge devices with three different implants. The activity is being tracked by Cisco Talos under the

Microsoft Reveals ClickFix Campaign Using Windows Terminal to Deploy Lumma Stealer 2026-03-06 at 10:10 By Microsoft on Thursday disclosed details of a new widespread ClickFix social engineering campaign that has leveraged the Windows Terminal app as a way to activate a sophisticated attack chain and deploy the Lumma Stealer malware. The activity, observed in February

Hikvision and Rockwell Automation CVSS 9.8 Flaws Added to CISA KEV Catalog 2026-03-06 at 10:10 By The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Thursday added two security flaws impacting Hikvision and Rockwell Automation products to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, citing evidence of active exploitation. The critical-severity vulnerabilities are listed below –

Cisco Confirms Active Exploitation of Two Catalyst SD-WAN Manager Vulnerabilities 2026-03-06 at 08:30 By Cisco has disclosed that two more vulnerabilities affecting Catalyst SD-WAN Manager (formerly SD-WAN vManage) have come under active exploitation in the wild. The vulnerabilities in question are listed below – CVE-2026-20122 (CVSS score: 7.1) – An arbitrary file overwrite vulnerability that

Microsoft previews tech to ease creation of keyboard-accessible websites 2026-03-06 at 07:58 By Simon Sharwood ‘focusgroup’ has nothing to do with market research, offers devs faster coding and faster websites for everyone Microsoft has started a preview of technology that eases the task of developing websites with complex navigation elements that don’t need a pointing

Iranian news service claims drone strikes on AWS were deliberate, to probe for US datacenter dependencies 2026-03-06 at 05:52 By Simon Sharwood Remember: Truth is the first casualty of war Iranian publisher Fars News Agency, which is aligned with the country’s government, has claimed the drone strikes on Amazon Web Services’ Middle East datacenters were

China’s rubber-stamp parliament rubber stamps tech independence plan 2026-03-06 at 03:57 By Simon Sharwood Call to do better with chips and put AI everywhere is more than rhetoric because China’s scientists are sprinting ahead China’s government has again made reducing reliance on imported digital technology a major goal.… This article is an excerpt from The

Chardlet dispute shows how AI will kill software licensing, argues Bruce Perens 2026-03-06 at 03:08 By Thomas Claburn Alarm bells are ringing in the open source community, but commercial licensing is also at risk Earlier this week, Dan Blanchard, maintainer of a Python character encoding detection library called chardet, released a new version of the

Google says spyware makers and China-linked groups dominated zero-day attacks last year 2026-03-06 at 03:08 By Jessica Lyons Of the 90 zero-days GTIG tracked in 2025, 43 hit enterprise tech Zero-day exploitation targeting enterprise tech products reached an all-time high last year, with China-linked cyber-espionage groups remaining the most prolific state-backed users, according to Google.…

Okta CEO ‘paranoid’ as vibe coders stir SaaS-pocalypse fears 2026-03-06 at 00:40 By O’Ryan Johnson It’s ok, Todd. You’re only paranoid if you’re wrong. Okta chairman and CEO Todd McKinnon said he believes it would be difficult for an LLM alone to replicate the quality of SaaS applications his company provides, but that doesn’t stop

TerraPower gets permission to build, not operate, sodium-cooled nuclear reactor 2026-03-05 at 22:48 By Brandon Vigliarolo Don’t flip the switch until the NRC says you can, okay? Bill Gates-backed nuclear outfit TerraPower finally has approval to build its Natrium reactor. However, it may still face issues finding a steady fuel supply. And, oh yeah, it

AI is ushering in a new era of Satanism, exorcists warn religious leaders: ‘A great power’ 2026-03-05 at 21:27 By Ben Cost, Marissa Matozzo When demons go digital, clergy may need more than holy water — they might need Wi-Fi. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News | New York Post View Original

Larry Ellison’s Oracle slashing thousands of jobs due to AI cash crunch: report 2026-03-05 at 21:27 By Reuters Investors have grown worried about how it would fund the data center expansion needed to serve OpenAI and other customers, including Elon Musk’s xAI and Meta. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News | New

Iran intelligence backdoored US bank, airport, software outfit networks 2026-03-05 at 21:00 By Jessica Lyons MOIS-linked MuddyWater crew has a new, custom implant An Iranian cyber crew believed to be part of the Iranian Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS) has been embedded in multiple US companies’ networks – including a bank, software firm, and

Munificent 7 vow to spare US households from AI’s rising energy costs 2026-03-05 at 20:36 By Dan Robinson Bit tricky enforcing this. What’s the penalty if they go up anyway? Seven of the top US AI companies and hyperscalers have officially agreed to protect American consumers from price hikes due to datacenter energy and infrastructure

The splurge-worthy biohacking tools Gary Brecka swears by — including what he spent $250K on 2026-03-05 at 20:27 By McKenzie Beard “High-net-worth individuals want one thing: Time back — physically and cognitively,” Brecka told The Post. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News | New York Post View Original Source

Google lowering fees on Android app store following settlement with Epic Games 2026-03-05 at 20:27 By Associated Press The proposed changes filed Wednesday with a federal court in San Francisco mark the latest twist in a case that began in August 2020. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News | New York Post

New app alerts users at risk of being filmed with smart glasses 2026-03-05 at 20:27 By Brooke Steinberg The app’s developer described smart glasses as an “intolerable intrusion, consent-neglecting, horrible piece of tech.” This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News | New York Post View Original Source